National Republican., 1887-05-05
PRESENTATION DAY.
Interesting Exercises at the Deaf Mute
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The National Deaf Mute College at Ken
dali Green celebrated the twenty-third
anniversary Of presentation day yesterday
afternoon. About 600 persons were present
in the chapel, and they were very attentive
TO the exercises. On the platform sat Pres
ident Gallaudet and the members OF the
faculty, DR.. Mark Hopkins, ex-presldent Of
Williams College; Hon. VIM. NJ. Springer,
Hon. j. Randolph Tucker, DIR. Elliott, DR..
yelling, Prof. A. G. Bell, Rev. A. l..
Chaplin, ex-president of Beloit College; Rev.
Eugene Peck, Lewis johnson Davis, esq,
and several others.
The Rev. Eugene Peck made the invoca-
tion and tie regular exercises commenced
with an grafton on "The Royal Society, its
Founders and Early Members by Edward
p. Cleary, Of Ohio. and It was followed by
an oration, "Goethe's Tphlgenie auf
Tauris, '"by d. w. George, 3. A., Of the
class Of 49,. President Gallaudet then
read extracts from two orations, one by L.
| f. Fox, of the class Of 'S3, on "The Sources
| OF Shakespeare's Characters,n the other by
| w. Robinson, of the class OF 'Si, on "Tne
Wnl." Both the authors were absent, so
| they were represented in brief. A short
| intermisslon then took place and before II
was over Queen Kapiolani and her party
|
| Carter half On hour previously. The queen,
| the princess, Gen. Dominls, and Minister
| Carter were In the first equipage, and the
| three other members OF the suite with Mr..
| Sevellon Brown, OF the State Department,
were In the second. AS the royal party
| entered the chapel the entire audience rose
| to It's feet and remained standing until her
| majesty was seated.
Mr.. George w Veditz, Of the class Of 'Si,
delivered au oration on Emerson" Dur
| ing the delivery Of this tho queen was
evidently tickled by some humorous
thought, and after keeping II until she was
afraid It might spoil 1t was laughingly con-
fded to her sister, who sat on her left.
The smile was only momentary, however,
for the sense OF dignity would be outraged
| by any public exhibition Of hilarlty. At
l the conclusion OF Mr.. Veditz's effort her
| majesty Joined in the applause by slapp!ng
| her left palm with her fan.
The candidates for degrees were then
| presented by President Gallaudet. For the
Carthy; for the degree Of bachelor of arts,
e. p. Cleary; for the degree of master of
arts, D. w. George, B. A.; r. +. Fox, B.
| A.; w. Robinson, d. A., and G. W. Veditz,
B. A.
The Rev. Aaron L. Chaplin, d. D., ex-
| president Of Beloit College, was then intro
| daeed. He reviewed the progress made In
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case on record down to the present time.
He gave some very good advice to the
| graduates and the teachers. The queen
and her sister had several confidential chats
during the progress Of the speech; her
majesty was evidently sleepy, but she
struggled bravely to conceal 1t, and TO q
certain extent succeeded; one or two
| yawns, however, escaped from behind the
small white and gold Japanese fan which
| she continuously MANIPULATED.
| The honorary degrees OF doctor OF letters
were conferred upon two Englishmen--Mr.
Richard Elliott, head master OF the London
Institute for the Deaf, and Rev. William
Stainer, a prominent advocate OF education
for the deaf and member Of the London
school board.
President Gallaudet voiced the.sentiments
Of the faculty and the students at the
pleasure felt by them at the presence Of
the royal visitors. He wished them God
speed on their journey and q safe return to
the President and Mrs. Cleveland.
The venerable Rev. Mark Hopkins was
the last speaker. His remarks were most
interesting and amusing, particularly when
he showed the advantages and disadvantages
Of the Sign language. He closed the ser
vices by pronouncing the benediction.
Several Of the distinguished gentlemen
present were introduced TO her majesty,
and when the miniature reception ended the
grounds. The royal party went to the
gymnasium and witnessed q very fine ex-
hibition Of muscular skill by large num-
ber of the students.
An Grafton on "The Forces of Vegetable
Life" by MIR. NJ. G. Mccarthy, was moi
read In consequence of that gentleman's
suffering from an affection of the eyes.